Deoghar
Deoghar (known In Bengal As Baidyanath, Also Called Baidyanath-deoghar), A Town In The Santal Parganas District Of Behar And Orissa, India. Pop. (192r) 12,355. It Has A Famous Temple Dedicated To Baidyanath Or Siva, The Resort Of Numerous Pilgrims. It Also Enjoys A Reputation As A Health Resort Among Bengalis, ...
Deols
Deols, A Suburb Of The French Town Of Chateauroux, In The Department Of Indre. Pop. 0930, 2,424. Deols Lies To The North Of Chateauroux, From Which It Is Separated By The Indre. It Preserves A Fine Romanesque Tower And Other Remains Of The Church Of A Famous Benedictine Abbey, The ...
Deontology
Deontology Is The Title Of A Book By Jeremy Bentham (q.v.), Who Introduced The Term To Denote A Utilitarian System Of Ethics. The Name Has Since Then Come To Be Applied To A System Of Ethics In Which Prominence Is Given To Ideas Of Duty Rather Than To Those Of ...
Department Store
Department Store, The Name Given In The United States To A Retail Establishment Which Sells Goods Of All Kinds And In Which The Merchandise Is Divided Into Classes, Each One Of Which Is Handled As A Department, Distinct As To Management And Loca Tion Within The Store, And Is Carried ...
Department
Department, A Division Or Part Of A System ; One Of The Branches Of The Administration In A State Or Municipality. In Great Britain It Is Commonly Applied To The Subordinate Divisions Of The Chief Executive Offices Of State, Such As The Savings Bank Or Other Department Of The Post ...
Depew
Depew, A Manufacturing Village Of Erie County, New York, U.s.a., 9m. E. Of Buffalo; Served By The Erie, The Lackawanna, The Lehigh Valley And The New York Central Railways. The Popu Lation In 193o Was 6,536. The Village Was Incorporated In ...
Dephlogisticated Air
Dephlogisticated Air, The Name Formerly Given To Air From Which The Oxygen Has Been Extracted ; This Consists Chiefly Of Nitrogen (q.v.; See Also Argon And Chemistry, His Tory Of). ...
Deploy
Deploy, A Military Term Signifying To Extend A Force Or Unit Of Troops Into A More Open Formation, E.g., From Column, The Marching And Approach (q.v.) Formation, Into Line, Whereby The Greatest Number Of Its Weapons Can Be Brought To Bear. ...
Deportation Or Transportation
Deportation Or Transportation, A System Of Punishment For Crime, Of Which The Essential Factor Is The Removal Of The Criminal To A Penal Settlement Outside His Own Country. It Is To Be Distinguished From Mere Expulsion (q.v.) From A Country, Though The Term "deportation" Is Now Used In That Sense ...
Deposit
Deposit, Anything Laid Down Or Separated; As In Geology, Any Mass Of Material Accumulated By A Natural Agency (see Bed), And In Chemistry, A Precipitate Or Matter Settling From A Solution Or Suspension. Deposit Is Also Used In The Sense Of Earnest Or Security For The Performance Of A Contract ...
Depot
Depot, A Place Where Goods May Be Stored Or Deposited, Such As A Furniture Or Forage Depot, The Accumulation Of Military Stores, Especially In The Theatre Of Operations (from The Fr. Depot, Lat. Depositum, Laid Down). In America The Word Is Used Of A Railway Station, Whether For Passengers Or ...
Depreciation
Depreciation. In Accounting, The Term "depreciation" Is Applied To That Inevitable Wastage In The Value Of Assets Due To Some Cause Inherent In The Thing Itself, As Distinct From Fluctua Tions In Value That Arise From External Causes. Depreciation May Arise Owing To The Operation Of (a) Human, Or (b) ...
Depth
Depth, In Military Language, The Space Over Which A Body Of Troops Is Distributed From Front To Rear. In A Tactical Sense It Is Used To Express The Idea Of, And Need For, So Distributing A Force Or Unit As To Have Adequate Reserves Behind The Fighting Line To Exploit ...
Deputy
Deputy, One Appointed To Act Or Govern Instead Of Another ; One Who Exercises An Office In Another Man's Right, A Substitute ; In Representative Government A Member Of An Elected Chamber. Various Officials Are Empowered By Statute To Appoint Deputies. Thus, A Clerk Of The Peace, In Case Of ...
Dera Ghazi Khan
Dera Ghazi Khan, A Town And District Of British India, In The Punjab. The Original Town Was Founded At The Close Of The 15th Century And Named After Ghazi Khan, Son Of Haji Khan, A Baluch Chieftain, Who After Holding The Country For The Langah Sultans Of Multan Had Made ...
Dera Ismail Khan
Dera Ismail Khan, A Town, Cantonment And District In The Derajat Division Of The North-west Frontier Province Of India. The Town Is Situated Near The Right Bank Of The Indus, Here Crossed By A Bridge Of Boats During Half The Year. Pop. (1921) It Takes Its Name From Ismail Khan, ...
Derail
Derail, A Device Used Mainly On The Sidings Of Railways To Prevent A Car That Has Been Moved By Wind, Gravity Or By The Error Of Trainmen From Running Foul Of The Main Track. It Is Also Frequently Used To Protect Men At Work Under A Car. The Derail Is ...
Deraiyeh Or Derayah
Deraiyeh Or Derayah. A City Of Arabia Formerly The Capital Of The Wahhabis And Of Considerable Importance Prior To 1819 When It Was Captured By Ibrahim Pasha. It Now Consists Of Five Walled Villages Amongst The Ruins, With A Population Of About 1,500 Inhabitants, The Wahhabi Capital Is Now Riad. ...
Derbent Or Derbend
Derbent Or Derbend, A Town In The A.s.s.r. Of Da Ghestan, On The Western Shore Of The Caspian, 42° 4' N., 48° 15' E. Pop. (1926) 23,111. It Occupies A Narrow Strip Of Land Beside The Sea, From Which It Climbs Up The Steep Heights Inland. The En Virons Are ...
Derby
Derby (dar'bi), County Town Of Derbyshire, England, 6o M. S.e. Of Manchester On The L.m.s. And L.n.e.r. Pop. (1931) 142,406. Occupying A Position Almost In The Centre Of England, The Town Is Situated On The Derwent, At The Southern End Of The Pennines. It Is The Centre Of An Important ...
Derbyshire
Derbyshire, A North Midland County Of England, Bounded North And North-east By Yorkshire, East By Nottinghamshire, South-east And South By Leicestershire, South And South-west By Staffordshire, And West And North-west By Cheshire. Area Of Ancient County, 658,885 Ac.; Administrative County And Associated County Borough 647,824 Ac., Pop. 0931) 757,332. The ...
Derby_2
Derby, A City Of New Haven County, Connecticut, U.s.a., 10 M. W. Of New Haven, On The Housatonic River At The Mouth Of The Naugatuck, Just Below Ansonia And Opposite The Borough Of Shelton. The Population Was 11,238 In 192o (32% F Oreign Born White), And Was 10,788 In 193o ...
Dereham
Dereham, Market Town In Norfolk, England, 122 M. N.n.e. From London. The Population In 1931 Was 5,641. The Church Of St. Nicholas Is A Cruciform Perpendicular Structure With A Beautiful Central Tower, And Some Portions Of Earlier Date. It Contains A Monument To William Cowper, Who Came To Live Here ...
Derelict
Derelict, In Law, Property Thrown Away Or Abandoned By The Owner In Such A Manner As To Indicate That He Intends To Make No Further Claim To It. The Word Is Used More Particularly With Respect To Property Abandoned At Sea (see Wreck) . Land Gained Gradually And Slowly From ...
Dermot Mac Murrough
Dermot Mac Murrough (d. I 171), Irish King Of Leinster, Succeeded His Father In The Principality Of The Hui Cin Sellaigh (1115) And Eventually In The Kingship Of Leinster. About I152 We Find Him Engaged In A Feud With 0 Ruairc, The Lord Of Breifne (leitrim And Cavan). Dermot Abducted ...
Derna
Derna, A Town On The North Coast Of Cyrenaica, Africa (anc. Darnis-zarine), 224 M. E. Of Bengasi By Road (railway As Far As El Merg). Pop. (1921) About Io,000. Situated Below The Eastern Butt Of Jebel Akhdar On A Small But Rich Deltaic Plain, Watered By Fine Perennial Springs, It ...
Derrick
Derrick, A Type Of Crane ; The Name Is Derived From That Of A Famous Early 17th-century Tyburn Hangman, And Was Origi Nally Applied As A Synonym (see Cranes). The Derrick Of The Petroleum Industry Is A Skeleton Framework Or Tower For Hoisting Or Lowering From A Fixed Point. ...
Derring Do
Derring-do, Valour, Chivalrous Conduct Or "desperate Courage." The Word Is A Misconstruction Of The Verbal Substan Tive Dorryng Or Durring, Daring, And The Present Infinitive Of "do." Spenser First Adapted Derring-do As A Substantive Meaning "man Hood And Chevalrie," And This Use Was Revived By Scott. ...
Derry
Derry, A Town Of Rockingham County, New Hampshire, On Beaver Brook, Tom. S.e. Of Manchester; Served By The Boston And Maine Railroad. The Population Was 5,382 In 1920; 193o It Was 5,131. It Is A Summer Resort; Ships Large Quantities Of Milk To The Boston Market; And Manufactures Shoes, Wooden ...
Dervish
Dervish, A Persian Word, Meaning "beggar"; Generally In Islam A Member Of A Religious Fraternity, Whether Mendicant Or Not ; But In Turkey And Persia More Exactly A Wandering, Begging Religious, Called, In Arabic-speaking Countries, A Faqir. With Im Portant Differences, The Dervish Fraternities May Be Compared To The Regular ...
Derwent
Derwent, The Name Of Several English Rivers (celtic Dwr Gent, Clear Water). (i ) The Yorkshire Derwent Drains North Yorkshire Moors, Rising In Their Eastern Part. A Southern Head Stream, However, Rises In The Yorkshire Wolds Near Filey, About A Mile From The North Sea, But It Flows Inland Owing ...
Derwentwater
Derwentwater, A Lake Of Cumberland, England, In The Lake District (q.v.) . It Is Approximately Oval In Shape, About 3 M. Long And From 2 M. To I + M. Wide. The Greatest Depth Is 7o Feet. The Lake Is Seen At One View, Within An Amphitheatre Of Moun Tains ...
Derwent_2
Derwent, The Principal River Of Tasmania, With A Length Of 13o Miles. It Rises In Lake St. Clair And Flows South-west, Enter Ing Storm Bay At Hobart By An Estuary Four Miles Wide. See Tas Mania. ...
Des Adrets
Des Adrets, Francois De Beaumont, Baron (c. 1512-1587), French Protestant Leader, Was Born In 1512 Or 1513 At The Château Of La Frette (isere). In 1562, He Joined The Huguenots, Probably From Motives Of Ambition And Personal Dis Like Of The House Of Guise, And Waged A Successful Campaign Against ...
Des Moines
Des Moines (de-moin'), The Capital And Largest City Of Iowa, U.s.a., In The South-central Part Of The State, On The Des Moines River, At The Mouth Of The Raccoon; A Port Of Entry And The County Seat Of Polk County. It Is On Federal Highways 32, 63, 65 And 69, ...
Descant Or Discant
Descant Or Discant, A Musical Term Much Employed In Earlier Centuries, When It Had Various Meanings. Thus It Was At One Time A Term For Any Kind Of Polyphony And Even For Musi Cal Composition In General. In A More Special Sense It Signified The Addition Of One Part To ...
Descartes Contributions To Science
Descartes' Contributions To Science From What Has Already Been Said Above About Descartes' Meth Odology, One Almost Expects That His Endeavour Would Be To Reduce All Science To A Kind Of Applied Mathematics. And That Is What He Really Did Attempt. "i Do Not Accept Or Desire," He Wrote, "any ...
Descloizite
Descloizite, A Rare Mineral Species Consisting Of Basic Lead And Zinc Vanadate, Crystallizing In The Orthorhombic System And Isomorphous With Olivenite. It Occurs As Small Prismatic Or Pyramidal Crystals, Usually Forming Drusy Crusts And Stalactitic Aggregates; Also As Fibrous Encrusting Masses With A Mammillary Surface. The Colour Is Deep Cherry-red ...
Description
Description, In The Strict Sense, Means An Account Of The Perceptible Qualities Or Characteristics Of Objects Or Events. In This Sense It Is Commonly Contrasted With Explanation (q.v.), Which Usually Seeks To Account For What Is Perceptible By Means Of Factors And Processes Which Are Not Open To Observation. Ex ...
Descriptive Geometry
Descriptive Geometry Is Concerned With The Meth Ods Of Making Accurate Drawings To Represent Completely Any Ob Ject And To Solve, With Instrumental Precision, Problems Relating To The Position And Shape Of The Object. It Forms The Theoretical Basis Of All Architectural And Mechanical Drafting, And Its Practical Applications Are ...
Descriptive Poetry
Descriptive Poetry, The Name Given To A Class Of Literature Which May Be Defined As Belonging To The I6th, I7th And I 8th Centuries In Europe. From The Earliest Times, All Poetry Which Was Not Subjectively Lyrical Was Apt To Indulge In Ornament Which Might Be Named Descriptive. But The ...
Desert Willow
Desert Willow (chilopsis Linearis), A Small North American Tree Of The Bignonia Family (bignoniaceae), Native To Stream Banks And The Vicinity Of Springs In Deserts From Western Texas To Southern California And Southward To Northern Mexico. It Grows Usually From 8 F T. To 25 Ft. High, With Stems From ...
Desert
Desert, A Term Used For Those Lands Which Produce Insuffi Cient Vegetation To Support A Human Population. Deserts Are Classified According To The Causes Which Give Rise To Them. In "cold Deserts" The Absence Of Vegetation Is Consequent On The Prevailing Low Temperature, While In "hot Deserts" The Causes Are ...
Desertion
Desertion, The Act Of Forsaking Or Abandoning ; More Par Ticularly, The Wilful Abandonment Of An Employment, Office Or Duty, In Breach Of A Legal Or Moral Obligation. For Naval Or Mili Tary Desertion, See Military Law ; For Desertion From The Mer Chant Service, See Seamen ; For Desertion ...
Desiccation
Desiccation, The Operation Of Drying Or Removing Water From A Substance. It Is Of Particular Importance In Practical Chemistry. If A Substance Admits Of Being Heated To Say 100°, The Drying May Be Effected By Means Of A Steam Bath, Which Is Simply An Oven Heated By Steam ; An ...
Desiderio Da Settignano
Desiderio Da Settignano Italian Sculptor, Was Born At Settignano, Near Florence, And Was For A Short Time A Pupil Of Donatello, Whom, According To Vasari, He Assisted In The Work On The Pedestal Of David, And He Seems To Have Worked Also With Mino Da Fiesole, With The Delicate And ...
Desiderius
Desiderius, The Last King Of The Lombards, Is Chiefly Known Through His Connection With Charlemagne. He Was Duke Of Tuscany And Became King Of The Lombards In 756. Seeking To Extend The Lombard Power, He Came Into Collision With The Papacy, And About 772 Adrian I., Implored The Aid Of ...
Design
Design Is The Arrangement Of Lines Or Forms Which Make Up The Plan Of A Work Of Art With Especial Regard To The Pro Portions, Structure, Movement And Beauty Of Line Of The Whole. A Design May Be Naturalistic Or Wholly The Abstract Conception Of The Artist. Its Structure Is ...
Desk
Desk, Any Kind Of Flat Or Sloping Table For Writing Or Read Ing. Its Earliest Shape Was Probably That With Which We Are Familiar In Pictures Of The Monastic Scriptorium—rather High And Narrow With A Sloping Slab. The Primitive Desk Had Little Accommodation For Writing Materials, And No Storage Room ...
Desmond
Desmond (des-mumha), An Ancient Kingdom Of Ireland, Covering Southern Munster. About A.d. 200 Oilill, King Of Munster, Divided His Territory Between His Two Sons, Giving Desmond To Eoghan And Thomond Or N. Munster To Cormac Cas. In The Loth Boru, Representing The Latter, United All Munster, But In The 12th ...
Despatch Or Dispatch
Despatch Or Dispatch, To Send Off Immediately, Or By Express; Particularly In The Case Of The Sending Of Official Messages, Or Of The Immediate Sending Of Troops To Their Destina Tion, Or The Like. The Word Is Used As A Substantive Of Written Official Reports Of Events, Battles And The ...
Despot
Despot, In Greek Usage The Master Of A Household, Hence The Ruler Of Slaves (gr. Sernrotrls, Lord Or Master). It Was Also Used By The Greeks Of Their Gods, But Was Principally Applied To The Absolute Monarchs Of The Eastern Empires, And It Is In This Sense That The Word, ...
Dessau
Dessau, The Capital City Of The Land Of Anhalt, Germany, On The Left Bank Of The Mulde, 2 M. From Its Confluence With The Elbe, 67 M. S.w. From Berlin And At The Junction Of Lines To Cothen And Zerbst. Pop. 7 Dessau, Probably Founded By Albert The Bear, Had ...
Destroyer
Destroyer, An Unarmoured Warship Of Approximately I,000 To 1,400 Tons, Very Fast, With A Powerful Torpedo Armament And A Few Medium Calibre Guns (usually 4" Or 4.7"). A Larger Type, Used As Senior Officer's Ship Of A Division Of Destroyers, Is Known As A Flotilla Leader. These Latter Are Of ...
Destructors
Destructors. This Term Is Applied, Particularly In England, By Municipal Engineers, To A Battery Of High-temperature Furnaces Constructed For Disposing, By Burning, Of Household And Town Refuse. Messrs. Manlove, Alliott And Co., Of Nottingham First Registered The Word Destructor As Their Special Trade Name For Such A Furnace. (for Developments ...
Detector
Detector, That Part Of A Wireless Circuit Whose Function Is To Pick Up Or Detect The Electric Oscillations Which Are Set Up In The Antenna (q.v.) By The Electromagnetic Vibrations. (see Wireless Telegraphy And Telephony.) As Used In A Radio Receiving Ap Paratus It Is Connected To A Circuit Carrying ...
Determinant
Determinant, A Special Kind Of Algebraic Expression In Volving A Square Number Of Quantities Or Elements, And Usually Denoted By Arranging These Elements In A Square Array With An Upright Line On Each Side: A Determinant With Elements Is Said To Be Of The Nth Order, Those Just Written Being ...
Determinism
Determinism, In Ethics, The Name Given To The Theory That All Moral Choice, So Called, Is The Determined Or Necessary Result Of Previously Existing Mental, Physical Or Environmental Causes (lat. Determinare, To Prescribe Or Limit). It Is Opposed To The Various Doctrines Of Free-will, Known As Voluntarism, Libertarianism, Indeterminism, And ...
Detinue
Detinue, In Law, An Action Whereby One Who Has An Abso Lute Or A Special Property In Goods Seeks To Recover From Another Who Is In Actual Possession And Refuses To Redeliver Them. (see Contract ; Tort.) ...
Detmold
Detmold, The Capital City Of The Land Of Lippe, Ger Many, Is On The East Slope Of The Teutoburger Wald, 25 M. S. Of Minden, On The Herford-altenbeken Line Of The Prussian State Railways. Pop. The Renaissance Château Of The Princes Of Lippe-detmold (1550) Is An Imposing Building Nearly In ...
Detonators
Detonators. Devices Employing Certain Explosives (q.v.) Used To Initiate The Explosion Of Others, Less Sensitive But More Easily Regulated, Or Otherwise Preferable For Particular Pur Poses. (see Also Mercury, Fulminate Of ; Lead Azide ; Azoi Mide. ) ...
Detroit
Detroit, Fronting I2m. On The River Of The Same Name, And 4m. On The Navigable River Rouge, Is The Oldest City Of Any Size In The U.s.a. West Of The Original Seaboard Colonies. Founded In By Antoine De La Mothe Cadillac With 1 Oo Settlers And Soldiers, It Was 17 ...
Dettingen
Dettingen, Village Of Germany (bavaria), Io M. N.w. Of Aschaffenburg, Scene Of The Battle Of Dettingen (1743) (see Austrian Succession, War Of The). ...
Deucalion
Deucalion, In Greek Legend, Son Of Prometheus, King Of Phthia In Thessaly, Husband Of Pyrrha, And Father Of Hellen, The Mythical Ancestor Of The Hellenic Race. When Zeus Had Resolved To Destroy All Mankind By A Flood, Deucalion Constructed A Boat In Which He Landed On Mount Parnassus With His ...
Deuce
Deuce, A Term Applied To The "two" Of Any Suit Of Cards, Or Of Dice. It Is Also A Term In Tennis When Both Sides Have Each Scored Three Points In A Game, Or Five Games In A Set; To Win The Game Or Set Two Points Or Games Must ...
Deusdedit Or Adeodatus
Deusdedit Or Adeodatus, Pope And Saint (?--618), Became Pope On Oct. 19, 615, And Died On Nov. 8, 618. The Few Decretals Ascribed To Him Are Unauthenticated And Nothing Is Really Known About Him. He Is Said To Have Been The First Pope To Use Leaden Seals For Pontifical Documents. ...
Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy, The Fifth Book Of The Law In The Old Testament. The Name Is A Greek Mistranslation Of The Term Mishneh Hat-torah, "copy Of The Law," Found In Deut. Xvii. 18 And Josh. Viii. 32. It Is Ostensibly An Account Of The Law As Given By Moses Just Before His ...
Deutsche Bank
Deutsche Bank, German Bank, Berlin, Was Founded In 1870 For The Special Purpose Of Furthering And Facilitating Com Mercial Relations Between Germany And Other Countries And Mar Kets. It Has Developed Rapidly Until It Stands To-day As To Capital And Turnover, At The Head Of The Large German Banks. Its ...
Deutschkrone
Deutschkrone, Town In The East Of The Land Of Prussia, Germany, Between The Two Lakes Of Arens And Radau, 15 M. North-west Of Schneidemuhl, A Railway Junction 6o M. North Of Posen. Pop. It Is The Seat Of The Public Offices For The District, And Manufactures Machinery, Woollens And Tiles. ...
Deutz
Deutz (anc. Divitio), Formerly An Independent Town Of Ger Many, In The Prussian Rhine Province, On The Right Bank Of The Rhine, Opposite To Cologne, And Incorporated With It Since 1888. It Contains The Church Of St. Heribert (a 17th Century), Cavalry Barracks, Artillery Magazines, And Gas, Porcelain, Machine And ...
Deva
Deva, A Roman Legionary Fortress In Britain On The Dee At The Site Of The Modern Chester (q.v.). It Was Occupied By Roman Troops About A.d. 48 And Held Probably Till The End Of The Roman Dominion. It Never Developed, Like Many Roman Legionary Fortresses, Into A Town, But Remained ...
Devadatta
Devadatta, The Son Of Suklodana, Who Was Younger Bro Ther To The Father Of The Buddha (mandvastu, Iii. 76). Both He And His Brother Ananda, Who Were Considerably Younger Than The Buddha, Joined The Brotherhood In The Twentieth Year Of The Bud Dha's Ministry. Devadatta, Fifteen Years Afterwards, Having Gained ...
Development Commission
Development Commission. The Development Commission Was Founded By Act Of Parliament (19o9) "to Pro Mote The Economic Development Of The United Kingdom" By Recommending Advances For Aiding And Developing Agriculture And Rural Industries, The Reclamation And Drainage Of Land, The Development And Improvement Of Fisheries, And The Construction And Improvement ...
Deventer
Deventer, A Town In The Province Of Overysel, Holland, On The Right Bank Of The Ysel, At The Union Of The Schipbeek, And A Junction Station 10 M. N. Of Zutphen. It Is Also Connected By Tramway With Brokulo. Pop. (1927) 34,580. In The R4th Century Deventer Was The Centre ...
Deviation
Deviation, In Magnetism (q.v.), The Horizontal Angle Through Which A Magnetic Needle Is Deflected Away From The Mag Netic Meridian By The Iron In A Ship (see Compass). ...
Device
Device, A Scheme Or Simple Mechanical Contrivance; Also A Design, Particularly An Heraldic Design Or Emblem, Often Com Bined With A Motto Or Legend. (see Heraldry.) ...
Devil
Devil Is The Generic Name For A Spirit Of Evil, Especially The Supreme Spirit Of Evil, The Foe Of God And Man, But Also For Minor Evil Spirits Or "demons." It Is Given As A Name To Many Destructive And Repulsive Animals, To Apparatus For Tearing Cloth, Etc., To Highly ...
Devils Island
Devil's Island, A Small Island In The Atlantic Ocean Off The Coast Of French Guiana, South America, Used By The French As A Penal Settlement Because Of The Difficulty Of Escape. It Was Here That Capt. Alfred Dreyfus (q.v.) Was Confined. ...
Devils Lake
Devils Lake, A City Of North Dakota, U.s.a., On Devils Lake, 85m. W. By N. Of Grand Forks; The County-seat Of Ramsey County. It Is On Federal Highway 2, And Is Served By The Farmers Grain And Shipping Company, The Great Northern And The Soo Line Railways. Population In 193o ...
Devils Postpile
Devils Postpile, A National Monument (reservation) In The South-east Corner Of Madera County, California, U.s.a., And Only A Few Miles South-east Of Yosemite National Park. The Reservation (800 Ac. In Area) Was Created On July 6, 1911 To Pre Serve An Unusual Mass Of Hexagonal Basaltic Columns, Like An Immense ...
Devils Tower
Devils Tower, A National Reservation, Technically Known As A National Monument, On The Belle Fourche River About 20 M. North-west Of Sundance In Crook County, Wyoming, U.s.a. ...
Devizes
Devizes, A Market Town And Municipal Borough In The Devizes Parliamentary Division Of Wiltshire, England, 86 M. W. By S. Of London By The G.w. Railway. Pop. (1931) 6,058. Its Castle Was Built On A Tongue Of Land Flanked By Two Deep Ravines, Behind Which The Town Grew Up On ...
Devon
Devon, A South-western County Of England, Bounded North West And'north By The Bristol Channel, North-east By Somerset And Dorset, South-east And South By The English Channel, And West By Cornwall. The Area, 2,604.9 Sq.m., Is Exceeded Only By Those Of Yorkshire And Lincolnshire Among The English Counties. East To West ...
Devonport
Devonport, A Seaport, Garrison And Market Town Of Devonshire, England, Served By The S.r. And G.w.r. Pop. (1921) 70,497 ; Area 2,303 Acres. Devonport Is The Seat Of One Of The Royal Dockyards, And An Important Naval And Military Station. It Is Situated On The West Of Plymouth And The ...
Dew Claw
Dew-claw, The Name Applied To The Functionless Toe Or Toes Which Do Not Reach The Ground, Found In Many Mammals. In Deer There Are Two, Forming The "false Hoof." In The Dog, The Ha Llux (corresponding To The Big Toe In Man) Is The Dew-claw. ...
Dew
Dew. The Word "dew" (o.e. Deaw; Cf. Ger. Tau), Is A Very Ancient One. The New English Dictionary Gives "the Moisture De Posited In Minute Drops Upon Any Cool Surface By Condensation Of The Vapour Of The Atmosphere ; Formed After A Hot Day, During Or Towards Night And Plentiful ...
Dewa Deva
Deva, Dewa, In The Zoroastrian Mythology The Devs Were Demons Or Evil Spirits, But In The Indian Vedas, Deva Means A God, From Sanskr. Div, "sky." In Later Hindu, Buddhist And Jain Literature The Term Denoted A God, Demi-god Or Spirit. See A. A. Macdonell, Vedic Mythology; E. W. Hopkins, ...
Dewan Or Diwan
Dewan Or Diwan, An Oriental Term For Finance Minister. The Word Is Derived From The Arabian Divan, And Is Commonly Used In India To Denote A Minister Of The Mogul Government, Or In Modern Days The Prime Minister Of A Native State. It Was In The Former Sense That The ...
Dewar Vessel Or Thermos
Dewar Vessel Or Thermos Flask, A Vacuum Vessel Invented By Sir J. Dewar During His Research On The Liquefaction Of Gases (q.v.). ...
Dewas
Dewas, Two Indian States, In The Malwa Political Charge Of Central India, Founded In The First Half Of The I8th Century By Two Brothers, Punwar Mahrattas, Who Came Into Malwa With The Peshwa, Baji Rao, In 1728. Their Descendants Are Known As The Senior And Junior Branches Of The Family, ...
Dewberry
Dewberry, Rubus Caesius, A Trailing Plant, Allied To The Bramble, Of The Family Rosaceae. It Is Common In Woods, Hedges And The Borders Of Fields In England And Other Countries Of Europe. The Leaves Have Three Leaflets, Are Hairy Beneath, And Of A Dusky Green; The Flowers Which Appear In ...
Dewlap
Dewlap, The Loose Fold Of Skin Hanging From The Neck Of Cattle, Also Applied To Similar Folds In The Necks Of Other Animals And Fowls, As The Dog, Turkey, Etc. The American Practice Of Branding Cattle By Making A Cut In The Neck Is Known As A "dewlap Brand." The ...
Dewsbury
Dewsbury, Market Town, County And Parliamentary Borough, West Riding Of Yorkshire, England, On The River Calder, 8 M. South-south-west Of Leeds, On The L.n.e. And L.m.s. Rail Ways. Pop. (1930 The Parish Church Of All Saints Was For The Most Part Rebuilt In The I8th Century; The Portions Still Preserved ...
Dextrin Or Dextrine
Dextrin Or Dextrine Is A Generic And Rather Indefinite Term Applied To Certain Starch Derivatives, Intermediate In Com Plexity Between Starch And Sugars. They Are Usually Yellowish Or Brownish Powders, But Are White When !mire. When Starch Is Acted Upon By Diastase, It Gives Ultimately Maltose Or Malt Sugar, Cl2h22011; ...
Dey
Dey, An Honorary Title Formerly Bestowed By The Turks On Elderly Men, And Appropriated By The Janissaries As The Designation Of Their Commanding Officers (an Adaptation Of The Turk. Dal, A Maternal Uncle). In The I7th Century The Deys Of The Janissaries In Algeria Became The Rulers Of That Country ...
Dhammapala
Dhammapala, The Name Of One Of The Early Disciples Of The Buddha, And Therefore Constantly Chosen As Their Name In Religion By Buddhist Novices On Their Entering The Brotherhood. The Most Famous Of The Bhikshus So Named, Probably A Tamil, Was The Great Commentator Who Lived In The Latter Half ...
Dhanushkodi
Dhanushkodi, A Seaport Of Madras, India. On The Island Of Rameswaran, At The Junction Of Palk Straits And The Gulf Of Manar. The Port Was Brought Into Being In 1913, When The New Direct Route Of The South Indian Railway To Ceylon Was Opened. The Line Is Carried By An ...
Dhar
Dhar, An Indian State In The Bhopawar Agency, Central India. It Includes Many Rajput And Bhil Feudatories, And Has An Area Of 1,778 Sq.m. The Raja Is A Ponwar Mahratta. The Founder Of The Present Ruling Family Was Anand Rao Ponwar, A Descendant Of The Great Paramara Clan Of Rajputs ...
Dharampur
Dharampur, Native State, India, In The Surat Political Agency Division Of Bombay. Area, 7o4 Sq.m. Pop. (i 93 , 54 ,o68. Tribute, With Bauda And Sachin, O. The Chief Is A Sesodia Rajput. The State Contains One Town, Dharampur (pop. In 1931, 7,218). Only A Small Part Of The State, ...
Dharmsala
Dharmsala, A Hill-station And Sanatorium Of The Punjab, India, Situated On A Spur Of The Dhaola Dhar, 16 M. North-east Of Kangra Town, At An Elevation Of Some 6,000 Ft. Pop. (193r) 6,359. The Spur Is Thickly Wooded With Oak And Other Trees; Behind It The Pine-clad Slopes Of The ...